Basil Aptanik, Inuit Stone Carved Figure with Wonderful Face and Bone Tool horse racing history especially in these parts

especially in these parts

3 7/8" across at handle

Such a proud and fierce bunch of birds

great Martin Wong

which I can find no match of out there anywhere

Basil Aptanik, Inuit Stone Carved Figure with Wonderful Face and Bone Tool horse racing history especially in these partsThis may be my favorite piece of Inuit sculpture I've owned, which is saying a lot, and I'll be very glad to keep this one for myself. It was created (and signed in syllabics) by carver and printmaker Basil Aptanik (b. 1952) of Baker Lake, Nunavut Territory in Canada and I believe dates to the 1980s. Stepson of the late carver and printmaker Martha Aptanik and stepbrother of the late sculptor Paul Toolooktook, Basil Aptanik's sculptures most often